Across From Midnight

Joe Cocker - Across from Midnight [Intro]                                         [Verse 1] It’s come down to just the two of us Me and my shadow on the wall    Radio playin’ softly            Somewhere down the hall         [Refrain 1] And over in the next room The hollow sound of the cigarette come                         I’m sittin’ across from midnight And morning is a long way off [Interlude 1]                                                 [Verse 2] There’s a fire in the trashcan In the alley below              A thousand others gather ’round Sipping wine and talking low    [Refrain 2] We’re companions of the night time We’ve got no place to go                         Just sitting across from midnight Time dragging by too slow [Interlude 2]                                                [Bridge] You can feel the night when you’re all alone   There’s comfort in the room You keep hangin’ on You wait … until … the dawn oh yeah [Guitar Solo]                                                                                      [Verse 3] The skeletons in the closet March around like habitué I guess it’s too much to ask for I need some breathing room [Refrain 3] And the tall city buildings They cover up the moon            I’m sitting across from midnight Bored and you can’t come to soon [Interlude 3]                                                       [Refrain 4] The early morning hours Bring out the darkness of your thoughts            When you sit across from midnight Morning’s a long way off so far away [Outro]                                  Sitting across from midnight It’s gettin’ dark Sitting across from midnight Me and the shadow on the wall Sitting across from midnight Morning’s such a long way off You know I’m sitting across from midnight Sitting across from midnight [Fade Out]